Capt. John Halstead Farm

Capt. John Halstead Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Whitewater Rd. (County Route 9), near Kesslers Cross Lanes, West Virginia
Coordinates	38.2446°N 80.9392°W / 38.2446; -80.9392
Area	3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1876
NRHP reference No.	98001475[1]
Added to NRHP	December 15, 1998

Capt. John Halstead Farm is a historic home and farm located near Kesslers Cross Lanes, Nicholas County, West Virginia. It was built about 1876, and is a two-story side gable with a rear gable two-story wing. It features a full-length, two-story porch on the front of the house and one on the side of the wing in the rear. Also on the property are a contributing gable-roofed tool shed, a small barn, a long narrow chicken coop, an outhouse, and a large barn. It is an example of the local type of residence and subsistence farm.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michael Gioulis and Wilma Richardson (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Capt. John Halstead Farm" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.